To Those of Science

[quietwhisperer]

... But science’s victory has cost every one of us. And it has cost us deeply. Science may have alleviated the miseries of disease and drudgery and provided an array of gadgetry for our entertainment and convenience, but it has left us in a world without wonder. Our sunsets have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the

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[highly_quotable]

I love how Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code explore similar issues - but from 2 different angles - and how they affect the world both historically and in contemporary times. I remember reading those paragraphs and fervently agreeing with it, just like the way I did when I read this:

Every faith in the world is based on fabrication. That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. Every religion describes God through metaphor, allegory and exaggeration. Metaphors are a way to help our minds process the unprocessible. Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical and religious allegory has become a part of the fabric of reality. Living in that reality helps millions of people cope and be better people.

I know they're 2 opposing views but there's so much logic in both that you can't walk away from one and believe in the other. That's precisely the way life is, you just can't win. Everything has its setbacks. By allowing some people to benefit, others must lose. We can never have it boths ways, and I think that's what Dan Brown's trying to say. The art, religion, and science aspects are crucial but only when we look at the history of the human race and how much further we've come from the beginning of time. Which, according to Brown, is not much.